US Con Wade, Benjamin Franklin - U.S. Senator, OH

Benjamin Franklin Wade​

Born: October 27, 1800

Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts

Father: James Wade 1750 – 1825

(Buried: Andover Union Township Cemetery, Andover, Ohio)​

Mother: Mary Upham 1761 – 1826

(Buried: Andover Union Township Cemetery, Andover, Ohio)​

Wife: Caroline Marie Rosecrans 1805 – 1889

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio)​

Children:

Major General James Franklin Wade 1843 – 1921​

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio)​

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Henry Parsons Wade 1844 – 1915​

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio)​

Education:

1823 – 1825: Studied medicine in Albany, New York​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Jefferson, Ohio​

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1835 – 1837: Prosecuting Attorney in Ashtabula County, Ohio​

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1837 – 1838: Ohio State Senator​

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1841 – 1842: Ohio State Senator​

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1847 – 1851: Judge of Third judicial Court of Ohio​

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1851 – 1869: United States Senator from Ohio​

Civil War Career:

1851 – 1869: United States Senator from Ohio​

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1861 – 1867: Senate Chairman of Senate Territories Committee​

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1861: Almost captured by Confederate Army First Battle of Bull Run​

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1861 – 1862: Chairman of Congress Joint Committee Conduct of War​

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1864: Co-Sponsor of Wade – Davis Bill for Reconstruction​

Occupation after War:

1851 – 1869: United States Senator from Ohio​

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1867 – 1869: U.S. Senate President Pro Tempore​

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1868: Leader for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson​

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1868: Unsuccessful Candidate for Republican Vice President Nomination​

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Attorney in Jefferson, Ohio​

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Agent for Northern Pacific Railroad Company​

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1871: Member of San Domingo Commission​

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1876: Republican Party Presidential Elector​

Died: March 2, 1878

Place of Death: Jefferson, Ohio

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio

 

[Seduzal]

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[Copperhead-mi]

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[Seduzal]

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[gentlemanrob]

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[Pollaco]

The Davis of the Wade-Davis Bill was Henry W. Davis. It passed on July 2, 1864 but was pocket vetoed by Lincoln. This bill would have called for a more harsher treatment to the yet unconquered South.

 

[Pollaco]

John Hay, Lincoln's personal secretary, called Benjamin Wade, Zachariah Chandler and Lyman Trumbull the "Jacobin Club".

 

[John Hartwell]

John Hay, Lincoln's personal secretary, called Benjamin Wade, Zachariah Chandler and Lyman Trumbull the "Jacobin Club".

Hadn't heard that before. How very apt. Can see the rebel leaders lined up at the guillotine now.